Anna Wallisch

Anna Wallisch, Ph.D., OTR/L, is an Assistant Research Professor at the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project at the University of Kansas. She is an occupational therapist (OT) with 7 years of clinical experience supporting families with young children with disabilities, and she received her PhD in Therapeutic Science at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Anna’s research is driven by her clinical experiences as an OT and answering the concerns of families. Her research focuses on: 1) examining mechanisms underlying challenging eating behaviors in young children with autism to develop future interventions, 2) utilizing technology to increase access to services and for contextually relevant measurement, and 3) the early identification of children with neurodevelopmental diagnoses.